When to Quit Your Skin Care Routine
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When to Quit Your Skin Care Routine

As you know, a daily skin routine is a great way ensure your skin’s natural, everyday, overall health – provided it works, that is. Not all skin care routines or their products are created equal. All the necessary cleansing, nourishing, and protecting steps – not just about protection against excess sun exposure – should be present in…

Get Rid of Those Dark, Puffy Circles Under Your Eyes
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Get Rid of Those Dark, Puffy Circles Under Your Eyes

Those unattractive dark circles and puffy eyes can happen for many different reasons everything to genetics to allergies, stress, or fatigue. Despite over-hyped “color-correcting” creams, eye rollers, or night serum treatments that promise to cure tired-looking eyes, they typically do so superficially by masking the appearance of the dark, puffy circles. The hard truth is…

Signs of Over Exfoliation on Your Skin
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Signs of Over Exfoliation on Your Skin

We previously extolled the virtues of exfoliating for your skin’s health and it’s all true, but you should still be careful not to over exfoliate. Generally speaking, the more exfoliation, the better. It may be unlikely that you will overdo, but it does happen. Like anything in life, it’s very possible to over do it….

Everyday Habits That Are Damaging Your Skin
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Everyday Habits That Are Damaging Your Skin

Everybody has those unfortunate bad habits we wish we could change to improve our health and well being. The skin, the body’s largest organ, is effected by many different factors and is effective by many elements you may not be thinking of. For your convenience, we’ve put together a (long!) list of everyday things you might be…

Building A Better Skin Care Routine
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Building A Better Skin Care Routine

As life has its own and natural rhythms, any healthy endeavor often requires its own schedule to insure the best possible results. For example, exercise works best with a set routine. You usually start by warming up, move on to some cardio, then to other more intense exercises, and finally finish by cooling down and stretching….

What You Need to Know About Facial Treatments
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What You Need to Know About Facial Treatments

For many, their knowledge of popular facial skin care treatments begins and ends with the classic face mask everyone knows – think cucumber slices. However, there’s quite a bit to know when it comes to using facials to effectively care for your skin. For example, mask or a peel? Also, what benefit do facial treatments provide to your skin and…

Your Guide to Alpha Hydroxy Acids (AHA)
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Your Guide to Alpha Hydroxy Acids (AHA)

There’s a lot of hype and misinformation on the internet about the best kinds of skin care ingredients on the market.  Unfortunately, most of it is just that, hype. There is one ingredient, however, that’s been talked about a lot that does have proven results and a long history of safe usage to back up the buzz. This ingredient…